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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Mekongiella Kevan, 1966

Type

type species by original designation of Mekongiella Kevan, 1966

Nomenclature (10)

  • Mekongiella Kevan, 1966: 1275.

    type species by original designation Mekongia kingdoni Uvarov, 1937

  • Mekongiella Kevan, 1966 in Kevan, 1977: 416.
  • Mekongiella Kevan, 1966 in Mariño-Pérez & Song, 2023: 102, 110, 159.
  • Mekongiella Kevan, 1966 in Yu, Huang, Wang, Li & Mao, 2025: 519.

References (10)

  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1966) A revision of known Asiatic Sphenariini (Orthoptera: Acridoidea, Pyrgomorphidae) with the erection of a new genus. The Canadian Entomologist, 98(12), 1275–1283.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • Yin, X.-C. (1984) Grasshoppers and locusts from Qinghai-Xizang Plateau of China. Science Press, Beijing, 1–287 pp.
  • Huang, C. (1990) A new genus of Acridoidea from Hengduan Mountains (Orthotpera: Acrididae, Pyrgomorphinae). Acta Entomologica Sinica, 33(2), 230–233. Available at http://www.insect.org.cn/EN/abstract/abstract13106.shtml
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 3. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B Pamphagoidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 241 pp.
  • Xia, K.-L. & Al., E. (1994) Acridoidea: Pamphagidae, Chrotogonidae, Pyrgomorphidae. Fauna Sinica, Insecta, 4, 340 pp.
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.
  • Zahid, S., Mariño-Pérez, R., Amehmood, S.A., Muhammad, K. & Song, H. (2020) An illustrated key of Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) of the Indian Subcontinent Region. Zootaxa, 4895(3), 381–397.
  • Mariño-Pérez, R. & Song, H. (2023) Pyrgomorphidae Genera of the World: Key to Genera. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, Vol. 212, 1–185 pp.
  • Yu, H.-L., Huang, Z.-P., Wang, X., Li, F.-T. & Mao, B.-Y. (2025) Taxonomy of the Paramekongiella (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae) with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 5569(3), 509–520. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5569.3.6

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from Mekongiana Uvarov, 1940.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species5038